Heilbronner-Hückel Lecture Series
The Heilbronner-Hückel Lecture Series was implemented in 2009 with the first series in 2010 together with the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh). The annual series take place alternatively in Switzerland and Germany.
The series is named after the chemists Edgar Heilbronner, born in Munich in 1921 and passed away in Herrliberg in 2006, and Erich Hückel, born in Berlin 1896 and died in Marburg in 1980.
Edgar Heilbronner emigrated together with his wife to Switzerland because of the Nazi regimes and studied chemistry in Zurich at the ETH where he also habilitated later on. In 1968 he changed to University of Basel.
Erich Hückel studied physics and mathematics at the University of Göttingen and habilitated at ETH Zurich as well.
Lecturers
2022: Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck Institute (cancelled)
Tour Organizer: Bill Morandi, ETH Zurich
2021: Clemence Corminboeuf, EPFL Lausanne
2019: Marcel Mayor, University of Basel
2018: Martin Suhm, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2017: Roger Alberto, University of Zurich (tour in 2020)
2015: Paul Knochel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2014: Stefan Matile, University of Geneva
2012: Joachim Sauer, Humbold University Berlin
2011: Andreas Pfaltz, University of Basel
2010: Jürgen Troe, Max Planck Institut, Göttingen